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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces sex trafficking charges
Published on 17/09/2024
» NEW YORK - Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs faces three US federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transport to engage in prostitution, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
Artist peels back the layers of stability
Life, Published on 26/03/2024
» Art viewers are encouraged to ponder their emotional security during "Illusion Of Stability", which is running at RCB Galleria 1 of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, until April 23.
By artists, for artists
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 05/10/2022
» There were rugs, cushions, couches and chairs. There were TVs. There were books for browsing and perusing. There were vegetable gardens. In one, there was a beautiful woven bamboo structure, under which people cooked, ate and talked. There was a room for children, too. For the bigger kids, there was a small skateboarding ramp.
'Private rebellion': Hong Kong's anglophone poets gain recognition abroad
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» HONG KONG - As a teenager stuck in Hong Kong's pressure-cooker school system, Eric Yip found his escape in writing poetry -- never dreaming that one day his work would go on to win a top prize halfway across the world.
Democracy gets graphic novel treatment in 2475
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/07/2022
» After two years of researching and brainstorming ideas, creators are crowdfunding a historical fiction project to convey the spirit of change in the 1932 Siamese Revolution.
Can a righteous resistance ever cross the line?
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 22/01/2021
» Sabotage, in French and in English, indicates the act of deliberately destroying or damaging property. It's an apparatus that aims at weakening an enemy or oppressor through means such as subversion and obstruction. It is a tool that, we are told, has been adopted by French workers as a substitute for strikes, but sabotage doesn't limit itself only to workplaces. Its literature survey connotes that it occurs within a variety of contexts -- in wars, political and social campaigns, or socio-economic programmes that effect someone's livelihood. In all cases, however, the intent of sabotage is analogous -- to use extreme civil disobedience to inflict damage upon goods or properties in order to serve a particular purpose or higher goal. The end justifies the means, according to the saboteurs.
Tales from the dark side
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 14/10/2020
» While the anti-government protesters are gathering at the Democracy Monument today to call for constitutional amendments and reforms of the monarchy, activist Anon Chawalawan marks the 47th anniversary of the Oct 14, 1973, uprising with an exhibition titled "Collected: Unwritten History By Museum Of The Commoners".
Bigger than the Sun
Life, Published on 02/01/2020
» To raise awareness on alternative energy, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) has joined hands with the Office of Energy Regulatory Commission to demonstrate lighting installations in the "Jaras Light Fest", which uses solar cells as its energy sources. Located on the 1st and 3rd floors of the BACC, the 11 installations and artworks by four invited artists and eight open-call artists have impressed visitors with a variety of designs and multicoloured lights. The solar panels of artworks have stored energy from the Sun during daytime. As a result, the exhibition is illuminated at night. Before creating their works, artists received a crash course in how solar cells work, so they had ideas on how to apply solar energy to their artworks.
Toronto top picks
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017
» A showcase of Oscar hopefuls and world cinema highlights, the film festival which wrapped up last weekend is one of the most influential in the world. Here are our highlights
A joyously meaty affair
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 23/06/2017
» A South Korean fantasy-thriller featuring an international cast is arriving on the screen worldwide next week -- in many cases the screen of your living-room television. The sci-fi romp Okja, directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ahn Seo-hyun, is produced by the streaming giant Netflix, and its strategy of hiring a brand-name filmmaker and A-list cast for a high-budget "television movie" looks set to challenge the landscape of global film consumption and distribution.